I have not found GitHub to be very accessible. When I want software, I stick to the Ubuntu Software Center as that's the easiest way to install software.
VictorOn 7/5/14, Mario Lang <ml...@delysid.org> wrote: > Shérab <sebastien.hinde...@ens-lyon.org> writes: > >> I'm wondering how accessible you guys find GitHub. >> Personnally, I use it rather intensively but as soon as I have to visit >> the website things become more difficult. There is the hub command-line >> tool that allows one to do a few things, but i still get the impression >> that not all the things that can be don through the website can be done >> in another way, and I don't feel the web site is very accessible. >> >> Any comment on this wold be warmly appreciated. > > hub is already a good start. As you noticed, it does not offer an > interface to every feature on GitHub. In some cases, it is rather easy > to implement new hub subcommands, if you read the GitHub API > documentation, see [1] for a very simple example. > > For the rest, I actually managed to generate a bit of interest with > GitHub staff when I posted this[2] blog article a few months ago. The > result of our exchange was, that they are willing to fix (some) > accessibility problems you might find when using the GitHub website with > a simple browser like Lynx. Just write to supp...@github.com, making > the fact that you are talking about an accessibility issue somehow > prominent in the subject/message. They have fixed at least two issues I > reported to them over time. > > [1] http://blind.guru/github-hub-social.html > [2] http://blind.guru/contributing-on-github.html > > -- > CYa, > ⡍⠁⠗⠊⠕ > _______________________________________________ > This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. > To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@mielke.cc > For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@mielke.cc For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty
